Policy Priority: Data Equity

Data disaggregation is a civil rights issue, and we need federal action NOW

SEARAC Staff Staff Blog, Data Equity

“Despite ‘model minority’ trope, 1 in 10 Asian Americans live in poverty”

The Washington Post Rachel Hatzipanagos In the News, Data Equity
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Take Action: Sign on to Letter Urging for Disaggregated Data Now

SEARAC Staff Action Alerts, Data Equity
Speakers at the AANHPI Congressional Hill Briefing on Data Equity (left to right): Akil Vohra (AAPI Data); Gregg Orton (NCAPA); Kham Moua (SEARAC); and Sina Uipi (EPIC).

“Groups urge Census to reclassify Hmong people as ‘Southeast Asian’ not ‘East Asian’”

AsAmNews Akemi Tamanaha In the News, Data Equity
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SEARAC Executive Director Quyên Đinh Named to Census 2030 Advisory Committee

Elaine Sanchez Wilson Press Release, Data Equity
SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background

“Federal agencies will now gather more detailed data on race and ethnicity”

AsAm News Akemi Tamanaha In the News, Data Equity
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Southeast Asian Organizations Respond to Revisions to Federal Race and Ethnicity Data Collection and Reporting Standards

Significant right step but insufficient for Southeast Asian visibility Elaine Sanchez Wilson Press Release, Data Equity
SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background

AB 1726: A California Case Study on Disaggregating Public Health Data by Race and Ethnicity

California
This policy brief presents key challenges to implementing California Assembly Bill 1726, which passed in 2016 and requires the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to break down broad demographic data it collects into more specific Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) subgroups. Policy Brief, Data Equity
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SEARAC Policy Brief Highlights Opportunities, Challenges to Achieve Data Equity for AA and NHPI Communities in California

Case study focuses on AB 1726, a landmark data disaggregation law that is now being implemented Elaine Sanchez Wilson Press Release, Data Equity
Members of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Asian Health Services, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities, and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center.

Over 1,700 Individuals Call on Census Director to Classify the Hmong as Southeast Asian

Coalition requests meeting with US Census Bureau Director Robert L. Santos Elaine Sanchez Wilson Press Release, Data Equity
SEARAC Press Release: Image of SEARAC community with Capitol building in the background